Politics
Ahmad al-Hilali, spokesperson for the Syrian presidential team, March 9, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (AFP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (Photo: AP)
Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on May 8, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)
Prominent Iraqi political, religious leader, and head of Shiite National Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
Journalists gathered at the destroyed Sayyid al-Shuhada complex in Beirut's southern suburbs on May 6, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)
The logo of the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates. (Photo: UAE Ministry of Defense website)
The flag of the United States of America (left), and the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
The flags of Israel (left) and Lebanon. (Photo: IRIS)
Vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, May 4, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Ali Al-Zaidi (left), Iraq's prime minister-designate, and Iraqi parliament speaker Haibat al-Halbousi. (Photo: Ali Falih Al-Zaidi/ X)
Two large oil barrels with the illustrations of oil pumpjacks. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
A man walks past a banner depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei along a street in Tehran on May 6, 2026. (AFP)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, R, Belgian DPM and Finance Minister Jan Jambon, May 7, 2026. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after talks with Pakistani and Iranian representatives in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12, 2026, as Jared Kushner and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff listen. (AP)